The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing

[antidope]

This is crazy man, just put up the floater if you miss you miss. if you are worried about getting made fun of, more people are making fun of this than a miss by you.

 

[ill steelo]

There will be a documentary on Ben Simmons one day. 6’10” physically, 4’10” mentally.

There's a shootout going on in OKC. I don't want to get OKB on me, but there is a lot of grifting in Shai's game, and you should have a healthy amount of concern about it because grifters don't historically win titles.

Chet changes everything. True unicorn at the 5. They’re gonna get better every year as he gets better.

 

[antidope]

There will be a documentary on Ben Simmons one day. 6’10” physically, 4’10” mentally.


Chet changes everything. True unicorn at the 5. They’re gonna get better every year as he gets better.

I can agree here, none of the guys I am thinking of have played with a Big that had this much upside as Chet does.

 

[ballinsam23]

Brandon Miller with the serious sophomore slump

 

[superblytrife]

Brandon Miller with the serious sophomore slump

His confidence looks like it isn’t there—way too much hesitation in his game. Not sure he’s being used right, either. He never took this many spot up 3’s last year.

 

[reconic supreme]

 

[antidope]

Good win by the Cavs. These are games you want to see a team who is undefeated win. Don't lose to the "bad" teams. And you play the Celtics on Tuesday. You want to go into that game undefeated. You need to establish something against the Celtics.

 

[pmatic]

The jerseys the Blazers are wearing are the most practice looking jerseys ever.

 

[reconic supreme]

poole-heads… get in here!!!!!

 

[pmatic]

Me thinks Dyson Daniels shouldn't be a go-to player at the end of games for the Hawks.

 

[antidope]

poole-heads… get in here!!!!!

He has been cooking people in isolation too. If he ever got a call he would be at 24-26 ppg

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[antidope]

Can't wait for step two of this disaster; the benching of Klay Thompson

 

[nick.]

i've never seen anything like Towns' ability to never look under control on a drive to the rim

 

[thekillerj23]

15-0

 

[lawdog1]

Brandon Miller with the serious sophomore slump

His confidence looks like it isn’t there—way too much hesitation in his game. Not sure he’s being used right, either. He never took this many spot up 3’s last year.

His role has changed significantly this year right? He basically was the number one option last season with LaMelo and Bridges missing most of last season as I recall. Now they’re back.

 

[dmbrhs]

Good win by the Cavs. These are games you want to see a team who is undefeated win. Don't lose to the "bad" teams. And you play the Celtics on Tuesday. You want to go into that game undefeated. You need to establish something against the Celtics.

Not to bring up the 1986 Celtics, but they were 67-15, won the title, easily one of the three or four best teams of all time. Except most of their losses were to sub-.500 teams. They would take nights off and probably left 4-5 more wins on the table.

 

[pmatic]

i've never seen anything like Towns' ability to never look under control on a drive to the rim

He just did it again.

 

[dmbrhs]

Can't wait for this book. Hollinger and David Aldridge collab.

A celebration of basketball by way of the 100 greatest players to ever grace the court in the history of the NBA—from The Athletic’s foremost basketball writers and analysts the game has to offer. With a foreword by Charles Barkley.

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[Coupé It]

Nice job Julius. Not bad.

 

[earldagoat]

 

[pmatic]

Clippers court tonight is .

 

[pmatic]

 

[antidope]

Klay Thompson is now 1/11

 

[superblytrife]

His role has changed significantly this year right? He basically was the number one option last season with LaMelo and Bridges missing most of last season as I recall. Now they’re back.

Yeah I’d imagine that’s a big part of it. New coach and new schemes, too. It looks like Coach Lee is taking a page from the C’s book and going for the jillion 3’s a game thing. Only problem is Charlotte has nowhere close to the personnel for that to be consistently successful like it was/is in Boston.

Lots of things to figure out for that whole team, from the players to the coaches. At least they compete, I guess.